204|Searching for 500 people to meet with old friends

Xie Ren said: …… What is it? “

Jun Wu, however, seemed to have some concerns, and deliberated for a while before saying: ”What’s wrong Xian Le, why are you suddenly asking about your master? Did you encounter something in Copper Furnace Mountain? Is it related to him?”

Xie Ren came back to her senses, and was about to briefly explain and then ask further questions, when she suddenly heard a noise from over there, and Jun Wu said, “I saw the three mountain monsters you guys were talking about, and they are really weird! I’ll deal with them first, and then we’ll talk about it later. However, since Xian Le you asked, then remember one thing: your master is not a simple character, if you really meet him, beware!”

After that, silence fell over there, and Xie Ren said, “Emperor?”

Jun Wu didn’t respond anymore. The mountain monsters were difficult to deal with, three of them were even more tricky, before Xie Ren had inexhaustible mana and couldn’t solve the problem by manipulating a giant statue of a heaven-defying god, now Jun Wu was afraid that he would need some energy to deal with it alone. After briefly explaining the contents of the séance to Hua Cheng, the two of them stopped in their tracks.

At this moment, they are in a wide and open street, looking towards the sky, dark clouds cover the moon, can vaguely see a wisp of black smoke like things floating in front of the cold moon, as if in the water fainted ink color.

Those were the resentful spirits that had been summoned by Bai Wuxiang from the Wuyong Divine Hall. They hadn’t come in yet, because the aura of the Son of Heaven within the Imperial Palace and the palaces and temples of the various Immortals and Gods in the Imperial City were intertwined, creating a majestic aura. A natural layer of boundary would block this large number of evil things outside the aura, so they could only roam high above the sky.

Almost every city had a similar aura, because any place would produce a few remarkable characters, marvelous magi, the so-called people of the world. However, it was impossible to block it forever. Hua Cheng said, “Just reinforce this boundary.”

However, the question was how to reinforce it? Xie Ren said, “Talismans? A magic treasure?” Then she said, “I’m afraid not.”

This was the resentful spirits that covered the entire sky above the Imperial City, unless one also looked for thousands of talismans and magical treasures, one would not necessarily be able to carry it. Walking around, Xie Ren clenched her teeth and said, “Sanlang, I have a way that might be able to reinforce this boundary, but …… I need people.”

Flower City said, “How much?”

Xie Ren said, “A lot. The more the better, at least five hundred.”

Flower City said, “Dead or alive?”

He was listening seriously, not joking, and Xie Ren said, “Living people. Ghosts won’t work. I need to borrow the yang and sharpness of the living to repel those resentful spirits.”

Flower City said, “In that case, that means it must still be voluntary.”

Xie Ren said, “Yes. It must be voluntary and have the intention to fight back and defend. If the heart is timid or the center is not strong enough, it may be taken advantage of.”

Hua Cheng nodded slightly and said, “Just as the soldiers who kill at the front on the battlefield must be the ones who want to win the most and have something to believe in. If they are forced to do so or are bent on running away and have no morale, they can never win, and are bound to lose their armor and defeat.”

Xie Ren said, “That’s the point. Can Sanlang find it?”

Thinking for a moment, Hua Cheng slowly said, ”Brother, if you are going to die, how many I can find for you. It’s also easy to get living involuntary ones. But to have voluntary ones, not necessarily easy.”

After a pause, he then said, “It is true that many people on earth worship the Ghost King, but I know clearly that, for one thing, they are fearful of me, and for another, they want something from me, so they are afraid of me to obey me. I can bully and entice, but with this method, I’m afraid I won’t be able to find the kind of people you need, brother. Sorry.”

Xie Ren listened intently and said, “You don’t have to apologize. We’ll just find a way to find it together.”

Flower City said, “Uh-huh. However, brother, there is good news. There is a group of living people just around the corner fifty paces ahead.”

Xie Ren also felt it, ran up to take a look, it so happened that there was also a group of people on the opposite side to turn the corner, by his sudden appearance horrified and shouted, “Ghost yeah!!!”

Xie Ren fixed his eyes on the ghost, recognized him, and said joyfully, “Gentlemen, it’s not a ghost, it’s me!”

That group of people monks and monks Taoist vulgar each seven or seven or eight, very familiar, the leader of the Hua Yi Taoist, is not the eye of the sky open? Behind that large series, is not before all the way to the two of them entangled, in the barren mountain ridge Chi Rong open the black heart store was the roof pressure stunned the group of masters?

Behind Xie Ren, Hua Cheng leisurely paced up with his hands folded. He was not in his pediatric form now, and with a careless, morose smile, he scared Heaven’s Eye Open and the others backward three feet: ”Still saying it’s not a ghost! A ghost is a ghost! Or a ghost king!!!”

Hua Cheng restrained his fake smile and tsked impatiently, not even bothering to comment on a sentence. Xie Ren is now looking for people everywhere, and quickly raised his hand, “Gentlemen, just in time, there is something ……”

Unexpectedly, as soon as he raised his hand, the reaction from the opposite side of the room was several times more exaggerated than he had imagined, and they all got down on the ground in unison, on guard, and all said, “Beware of concealed weapons!”

“……”

Xie Ren thought for a while before remembering what the so-called “concealed weapon” is, speechless for a moment, said: “You don’t have to be afraid, I don’t have a concealed weapon on me.” The Ice Clear Jade Pill is not that easy to make, just the knife work has to be carefully carved for half a day. He added, “And we didn’t do anything to you guys last time when you guys pushed us like that, so there’s even less need for it now.”

Hearing, the crowd thought, is that reasoning, hurriedly and all from the ground up, have patted the dust whole clothes, but still keep the distance, also did not put down the zen staff sword and other magic weapons. Heaven’s eye opened: “I say this Taoist master, not seen for many days, the ghost gas on your body is more serious, I think you’d better turn back to the shore as soon as possible is better ah. That said, why is it so heavy ah? Not bluffing, I can’t even see your face anymore.”

“…… “Xie Ren simply wanted to blush when she heard this, and not daring to look at Hua Cheng, she interrupted, “Let’s talk about this afterward. Gentlemen, I watched the sky at night and saw something bad, did you see it?”

Heaven’s Eye opened, “Of course I saw it! Watching the sky at night is our daily homework. I also said what demons and ghosts are messing around, is it the flower city …… master again?”

Xie Ren said, “Naturally not, otherwise we wouldn’t have warned you. We are also here for those things, and are trying to figure out how to reinforce this layer of aura in the Imperial City.”

Heaven’s Eye opened up in disbelief, “You guys? Trying to figure it out?”

“Would the Demon King be so kind?”

Hua Cheng guffawed and said, “It’s not that it’s kind, but if I wanted to do something in the Imperial City, this layer of aura wouldn’t be able to stop me at all.”

The complexion of the mages changed. Xie Ren knew that wariness was not so easy to remove, and did not force it, saying, “Those things in the sky I have dealt with, very tricky, if they are allowed to break through the protective field of the Imperial City and come in, there is bound to be a big mess, so now I am looking for people to help set up a formation to fend it off, and I need five hundred people.”

Heaven’s Eye Open staggered, ”Five hundred people? What kind of formation do you have here, it takes so many people! I’ve never heard of it?”

Xie Ren didn’t even have the heart to say that 500 people is the minimum requirement, in fact, if he were to let go, I’m afraid it would have to be 800 people. The crowd of mages also spoke in a chorus, “I’ve never heard of it either, has any of you seen it recorded in any book?” “Are those things that powerful?” “I’ve only heard of goblins eating 500 people in one bite, I’ve never heard of setting up a formation that requires so many people.” “Is it dangerous?”

After careful consideration, Xie Ren truthfully said, “It’s impossible to say. There may be, there may not be. Only seventy to eighty percent certainty. Because, I’ve never tried this formation either.”

It is also impossible to find the records of the previous person, because, this formation is not Xie Ren from the books or from whom he learned, but over the past 800 years, he kept thinking while walking, thinking about what to do in case there is a day when the human face epidemic will break out again, is it possible to only sit back and wait for the death of the people? This is how he came up with the idea. At that time, he didn’t really think that he would face this big crisis again in the future, but he didn’t expect that it would still come in handy.

The group of people over there discussed for half a day, and finally, Heaven’s Eye Open turned around and cautiously said, “We can’t get that many people together. And ……”

Moreover, they didn’t trust Xie Ren and Hua Cheng.

There was nothing that could be done about it, after all, they had no idea what the Sphinx Epidemic was and how powerful it was, and there were certainly a lot of people in Flower City who had grudges against them in the past and who had teased them like bugs. Xie Ren originally thought that these people are all mages, they should have their own clans and disciples, maybe they can put together three to four hundred people by adding up all the miscellaneous pulls, and then think of a way to get the rest of them, but it seems that their hopes are dashed.

Hua Cheng said, “Brother doesn’t need to talk nonsense with them. Let’s go.”

Xie Ren nodded, not discouraged, and left with him. However, Heavenly Eyes Open and the others did not leave, but furtively followed behind them, and thought they were well hidden. Xie Ren was very speechless, but when he thought that this group of mages were probably following because they were afraid of them causing trouble for the Imperial City, they were also well-intentioned, and felt amused, so he didn’t care. At this time, Hua Cheng proposed, “Why don’t we go to the gathering place of the poor, there is no lack of outlaws and bold people there, maybe we will get something.”

So the two of them turned and traveled to the shadowy part of the Imperial City. When they arrived at a temple that had been torn down to rags, they glanced at it and saw that it was a mess of people sleeping all the way outside the temple. This seems to be a group of vagabonds, or rather beggars. The cold weather, almost everyone in rags, men and women, young and old, and do not avoid suspicion. Some occupied a broken straw mat, some holding straw to keep warm, some simply sleep on the ground. Wake up either by the pain of the body sores alas bitter screaming or in Bi Bi peeled to pick their own body lice, there is a person dragging a lame leg in the temple walking around, seems to be in the patient to send a bowl of water, did not go in on the smell of sweat and a strange smell wafted out, suffocating.

The most prosperous zone and the dirtiest and most dilapidated slums actually leaned so close to each other, almost only one street away, the comparison between the two is saddening, but of course Xie Ren didn’t have the time to be saddened at this moment. He stepped into the threshold with one foot and said, “Can you all do me a favor?”

Before anyone answered, someone yelled, “Help your mother! I want someone to help me! I want someone to help me!”

Xie Ren is not angry, said, “is a very important matter, if you are willing to give a helping hand, will certainly …… certainly benefit the people!”

He originally wanted to say that when the heavy thanks, thank you naturally will thank, but if the beginning is for the “heavy thanks” to go, can be said to be impure mind. Inside the temple, the beggars cursed more ferociously: “to benefit the people off my ass!” Someone said: “Is there any reward?”

Xie Ren turned back to look, Hua Cheng eyes flashing unhappy light, seems to want to want to come a little hard, busy pulling him, whispered: ”Don’t first. What you said, Sanlang, coercion won’t work. I’ll say it properly, with seventy to eighty people here, I can always find a few that can be used.”

Only then did that strange light in Hua Cheng’s eyes converge. At this time, a slightly sandy voice said, “Hey, hey, hey! Everyone listen to me! Listen to me! Don’t argue! Let him say what’s going on first!”

Xie Ren turned back at the word, only to see the speech is that lame beggar, also is ragged hair, thin and thin, can not see what appearance, but listen to the voice seems to be quite young. He waved his hand to the temple to greet the people, but the strange thing is only one hand, so the posture is a little awkward. All the beggars seem to be quite listen to him, cursing voice weakened. Xie Ren said, “Thank you!” No nonsense, backhand is a palm flame, leaping high, scared the beggars a burst of yelling ghosts, did not wake up are awake, said: “What is this sorcery?!”

Xie Ren said with a straight face, “It’s not demonic magic, it’s immortal magic, just proving that what I said is not false. To be honest, it’s like this, there is now a large group of demons and devils surrounding the Imperial City and will attack soon. Five hundred people are now needed to volunteer to join the spell to guard the imperial city. Anyone willing to come? I won’t hide the fact that it might be dangerous, but it will never be forced, only voluntary!”

“……”

Inside the broken temple, there was a silence. The beggars looked at each other, but there just wasn’t a single person who stood out and said I volunteered. In the middle of the day, a man said, “Guarding the Imperial City? Forget it.”

Xie Ren turned his head to look, and the man fell head over heels, muttering to himself, “The Imperial City doesn’t even guard me, hey, I’m still guarding the Imperial City? Do what you like, it’s none of my business!”

He sounded indifferent with indignation in his tone. It wasn’t that Xie Ren couldn’t understand, but this was a bad idea. Obviously, this temple was crowded with poor people who were in a similar situation as this man, and thought similarly to him. He didn’t say that he would be paid, and he didn’t see how good his life was in the Imperial City, so why would he want to help out at this time? It’s cold in the temple in the middle of winter, who would want to go out?

Xie Ren tried to make a last ditch effort and said, “If those things invade the Imperial City, there will be an outbreak of a very frightening plague, and in the end everyone will suffer the effects.”

An old beggar lying on the ground said, “What plague can be more frightening than this aged sore on my body?”

“If there’s really a plague, then it’s a big deal to leave. It’s not like we have to stay here, it’s not a good place, it’s not the same where we go.”

“Then let those grand lords and ladies of the Imperial City who are honorable and graceful go. There’s always someone to go, why do we have to go?”

“This ……” Xie Ren also can not say. Those grand lords and grand ladies who are honorable and graceful will also think the same way: if I don’t go on, naturally someone else will. Moreover, because they have a family business and roots in the Imperial City, in the face of danger, they can not afford to give up more things, this kind of thought will be more intense. It’s not that thinking this way is wrong or bad, it’s just that, if everyone thought this way, things wouldn’t work.

After waiting for a while and no one coming out, Xie Ren decisively said, “Alright. Excuse me.”

He turned to exit the broken temple, and Hua Cheng said, “Brother need not worry, there are people acting on my side as well. There’s always enough to find when the news is spread out.”

Xie Ren nodded. He wasn’t worried that he wouldn’t end up finding enough 500 people, he was just worried that there wasn’t enough time, and that arresting people to make up the number would be counterproductive, looking at the sky, the wisps of black clouds were still covering the sky, elusive.

It was at this moment that a voice suddenly sounded behind him, “Wait! Wait wait wait! –I’m going!”

At those words, Xie Ren was stunned and turned back furiously. Only to see the crippled beggar dragging one of his legs, jumping out of the temple door, saying, “Is the person you’re looking for as long as he’s alive on the line or what? It’s okay to have a broken arm or leg, right?”

As it turned out, the man’s movements looked awkward because he was not only limping, but also had a broken arm that hung limp and weak.

Seeing that someone finally took the initiative to come out, Xie Ren’s heart heated up and immediately said, “No problem at all!”

The man was also quite forthcoming and said, “That’s good! Give me a lift!”

The beggars in the temple were shocked: “What are you doing? Didn’t you hear him? It could be dangerous!”

“Yeah! And it’s unpaid, and there’s no mention of pay after all that talk!”

“Don’t get involved in this mess, Old Wind come back!”

“……”

Since the party, Xie Ren had always felt that this person where very familiar. But because this appearance and his memory of that person is too different, and the voice is also slightly sandy, not quite the same, so just did not recognize. The moment he heard the bystander shout the word “wind” out of his mouth, he finally snapped out of it.

Xie Ren stared at him tightly and said incredulously, “…… Master Feng???”

The beggar laughed, stretched out a hand to ruffle away the black hair on his face, and said, “You recognized me, Your Highness the Crown Prince!”

Underneath the dirty black hair, a pair of extremely bright and luminous eyes, bright as ever.